So you have your degree. Now what?
From USA Today:
How do you land that job after college?
Katie Diekman, 22, is looking forward to a “gap” year after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in May.
But Diekman, who majored in women’s studies and history, still needs to find a...
An uninvited guest of a completely different sort.
Fox News reports:
Black bear crashes Lehigh University party, gets collared
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania – A college party got a little wild when a black bear showed up.
The black bear, weighing between 300 and 400 pounds, crashed the party early Saturday near the campus of...
A TB diagnosis of a Riverside City College student has prompted warnings from Health Care officials.
KTLA reports:
Riverside City College Student Diagnosed With Tuberculosis, Prompting Warning From Health Officials
Riverside County health officials are warning the public to be on alert after a college student was diagnosed this week with tuberculosis.
The Riverside...
In May, Penn State’s Engineering school was the target of two China-based hacking attempts. Friday, it was reported that Penn State’s College of Liberal Arts was also hit with a cyber attack.
Philly.com reports:
Second college at Penn State hit by cyber attack
Another college at Pennsylvania State University has been affected by a...
Because the cost of higher education isn’t high enough…
The Detroit Free Press reports:
Wayne State University raises tuition 3.2%
Wayne State University students will pay 3.2% more to come to school next year than they did this year.
The Board of Governors unanimously approved the tuition increase at its meeting Friday afternoon. Board members...
Looking to start a college visit tour? When are the best times to visit?
TIME has some good suggestions:
Here’s the Best Time to Visit College Campuses
Know what you want before the visit
There is no doubt that visiting a prospective college or university is one of the best ways to experience the...
President Obama previously announced a plan that would rate colleges on their value. “What we want to do is rate them on who’s offering the best value so students and taxpayers get a bigger bang for their buck,” he said. There’s a little problem though, what determines “value?”
Nick Anderson writes...
Move over brontosaurus, there’s a new bad boy in town — Sefapanosaurus. Wits University and the University of Cape Town are ready to show the world this “new” specimen, although it’s been sitting in storage since 1930.
The Guardian reports:
Dinosaur comes out of closet at South Africa university
Palaeontologists in South Africa have...
If you took the June 6 SAT, you may be able to take it again for free… because what every prospective college goer wants is to take the SAT yet again.
From USA Today:
College Board to offer free SAT after administering exam with faulty instructions
The College Board has announced that it will...
Austin, home of The University of Texas is the liberal Mecca of the Lone Star State, so it’s not entirely surprising their administration appears to be headed down a reactionary path.
After the statues of Confederate Generals were vandalized, campus officials are considering removing them altogether. Apparently, all history should be...
Declining enrollments require budget cuts, but the faculty union at Green River College is not wanting to budge an inch.
Katherine Long writes at The Seattle Times:
Green River College, faculty union deadlocked over potential cuts
Classes have ended for the academic year at Green River College in Auburn, but there’s no end in...
And you can thank the judge.
The Washington Post Reports:
Sweet Briar survives: Judge approves settlement deal to keep the college open
Supporters jumped to their feet, cheered and called out, “Holla, holla!” Monday after a circuit court judge approved a deal Monday to keep Sweet Briar College open next year.
That morning, lawyers from...
A BBC survey showed 4 of 10 university students say college education doesn’t provide good value.
BBC reports:
Four in 10 students say university not good value – survey
Four in 10 of the first students to pay higher fees do not believe their courses have been good value for money, a survey for...
A kind act if ever there was one.
WCPO reports:
University of Cincinnati offers free education to fallen officer’s three children
CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati will give the three children of fallen Cincinnati police officer Sonny Kim a free education if they choose to attend the college.
“As a small...
More success stories like this, please!
Here and Now reports:
Every Student At This Inner-City High School Is Going To College
For the eighth year in a row, the entire senior class at Verbum Dei High School – an all-male college and career preparatory Jesuit high school in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles...
Anyone in the market for a college campus?
Lexington’s NBC affiliate shares the AP Wire story:
Bankrupt Mid-Continent University plans to sell campus
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Leaders of the bankrupt and shuttered Mid-Continent University plan to put the campus up for sale.
The Paducah Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1QGlA9F ) the university’s...
NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad India seems to have found a solution for those that can’t figure out their preferred pronoun.
Imaan Sheikh writes at BuzzFeed:
This University Agreed To Use “Mx.” On Diplomas For Students Who Don’t Identify As A “Mr.” Or “Ms.”
What makes this certificate gender-neutral is...
What good is accountability if no one is ever held accountable?
From the Wall Street Journal:
The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite
Most colleges can’t keep their doors open without an accreditor’s seal of approval, which is needed to get students access to federal loans and grants. But accreditors hardly ever kick out...
Good? Bad? Does it matter? You be the judge.
Stephanie Mlot writes at PC Magazine:
The University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University have teamed up to create the Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX.
Just 10 miles from the UW campus in Seattle, the new institute will feature computing and...
These little petri dishes of progressivism we fondly refer to as “College” seem to be getting nastier by the week. What’s really happening on our college campuses?
Katie Jerkovich writes at The Grizz:
WTH Is Happening On College Campuses
Maybe when you went to college it was a place for free thinkers with exciting...
In an attempt to restore financial balance, South Carolina State University announced Wednesday it will cut both tenured and contract employees.
WLTX reports:
Employee Cuts to Come at SC State University
Orangeburg, SC (WLTX) – The interim board of trustees at South Carolina State University declared financial exigency for the school on Wednesday.
After a...
Started as a well-intentioned law, Title IX careened off the tracks.
Christina Hoff Sommers writes at TIME:
A weary wrestling coach once lamented that his sport had survived the Fall of Rome, only to be vanquished by Title IX. How did an honorable equity law...
